Shloka 32
Nārāyaṇasya Guhya-nāmāni Niruktāni (Etymologies of Nārāyaṇa’s Secret Epithets) / नारायणस्य गुह्यनामानि निरुक्तानि
कुट॒म्बं पुत्रदारां श्व शरीरं संचयाश्व ये । पारक्यमश्रुवं सर्व कि स्वं सुकृतदुष्कृतम्,संसारमें कुटु॒म्ब, स्त्री, पुत्र, शरीर और संग्रह--सब कुछ पराया है। सब नाशवान् है। इसमें अपना क्या है, केवल पाप और पुण्य
Nārada uvāca: kuṭumbaṁ putradārāṁś ca śarīraṁ sañcayāś ca ye | pārakyam aśruvaṁ sarvaṁ kiṁ svaṁ sukṛtaduṣkṛtam ||
Nārada sprach: In dieser Welt sind Familie, Frau und Kinder, der Körper und alles, was man anhäuft—wahrhaftig nicht das Eigene. Alles ist unbeständig und vergänglich. Was ist also hier wirklich dein? Nur Verdienst und Schuld—der sittliche Nachhall deiner Taten.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
That worldly supports—family ties, the body, and possessions—are impermanent and ultimately ‘not truly ours’; what genuinely belongs to a person is only their sukṛta and duṣkṛta, the moral consequences of actions that accompany the self.
Nārada is instructing the listener in Śānti Parva with a renunciatory, ethical reflection: he redirects attention from attachment to household life and material accumulation toward responsibility for one’s actions and their karmic results.